#A5A149#A5A149

#A5A149 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.340; OKLCH L 69.4% C 0.111 H 106.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A5A149
RGB	rgb(165, 161, 73)
HSL	hsl(57, 39%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(57, 56%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.4%, 55.8%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.94, -10.48, 45.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.94, 46.73, 102.96°)
OKLab	oklab(69.41% -0.0315 0.1061)
OKLCH	oklch(69.41% 0.111 106.6)
XYZ	xyz(29.4654, 33.9710, 11.3070)
Luminance	0.3397 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A5A149 #494DA5

analogous

#A57349 #A5A149 #7BA549

triadic

#A5A149 #49A5A1 #A149A5

tetradic

#A5A149 #49A573 #494DA5 #A5497B

square

#A5A149 #49A573 #494DA5 #A5497B

split-complementary

#A5A149 #497BA5 #7349A5

monochromatic

#504E23 #7B7836 #A5A149 #BEBB6D #D1CF97

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.69

#A5A149 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.79

#A5A149 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A5A149

7.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A5A149	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A5A149	1.00	2.69	7.79	7.79
#FFFFFF	2.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AD9B40

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AF9F4E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B0988E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a5a149;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 161, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.4% 0.111 106.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2bc7f',
    500: '#a5a149',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a5a149;
$custom-light: #c2bc7f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a5a149",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.391,
    "s": 38.655,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69413,
    "c": 0.11064,
    "h": 106.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.3397
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A5A149

secondary

#8D8FBD

accent

#5ECF59

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F6EE

border

#D1D0C9

text

#13120A

muted

#82817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #A5A149

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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